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and then to restore basic civil rights. to fill lincolnwood do at the time. >> end to this day to privatize social security is a measure of the ambitions that they tried to dismantle. but mostly they fail. i cannot talk about the liberals to embrace that model but on that scale it is the closest thing we have got to that type of successful president. ages to go to the obama administration. thanks for your time. good talking to you.
and then to restore basic civil rights. to fill lincolnwood do at the time. >> end to this day to privatize social security is a measure of the ambitions that they tried to dismantle. but mostly they fail. i cannot talk about the liberals to embrace that model but on that scale it is the closest thing we have got to that type of successful president. ages to go to the obama administration. thanks for your time. good talking to you.
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is decades and decades to restore basic civil rights to film will lincoln was trying to do at the time. to this day republicans to eliminate social security it is a measure of what obamacare readout from what they tried to dismantle. i cannot predict the future as well as make the case of what it ought to be to defend it going forward the way we do with roosevelt but that is the closest thing we have got in american history and should be defended from the center to left by american. >> i enjoyed the book people who are anxious to go over there will find a lot to offer from the book. good to talk to you. . >> buckley had us spokespeople of the of movement from the '60s and '70s quite notably black power in then with two security guards behind him they are not harmed with the negotiation for the the producer but he never acknowledges they are there. he never even makes eye contact. but the appearance of black power on the show is that elsewhere it was sensationalist and sound bites and they conveyed to the networks they should not cover black power anymore to ignore that. also not to cov
is decades and decades to restore basic civil rights to film will lincoln was trying to do at the time. to this day republicans to eliminate social security it is a measure of what obamacare readout from what they tried to dismantle. i cannot predict the future as well as make the case of what it ought to be to defend it going forward the way we do with roosevelt but that is the closest thing we have got in american history and should be defended from the center to left by american. >> i...
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johnson was signed the civil rights act into law and he marshaled it through a. it's people speaking out and saying you just told me you are at the trump rally. we didn't have people calling out incendiary names and i do not believe that donald trump is a racist. i would have liked him to repudiate much stronger when he came out against the support. he has since done that saying he doesn't want that kind of support. he can't control who votes for him but he needs to talk in the vein of ronald reagan and say. >> host: are you voting for donald trump this cycle? >> guest: i haven't endorsed a candidate or decided who i'm going to support in the dc primary yet. it is to inclusion and that's why we are in the state we are and the party will be born even if trump doesn't prevail being the nominee or elected. >> host: on this issue of the white supremacist and the comment about that you know some criticism for the establishment of. in the whitespace. >> guest: i remember when mitt romney became the nominee and i was in newt gingrich supporter in dc i tried at every tur
johnson was signed the civil rights act into law and he marshaled it through a. it's people speaking out and saying you just told me you are at the trump rally. we didn't have people calling out incendiary names and i do not believe that donald trump is a racist. i would have liked him to repudiate much stronger when he came out against the support. he has since done that saying he doesn't want that kind of support. he can't control who votes for him but he needs to talk in the vein of ronald...
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i think he is correct to say the civil rights movement depended upon people who are willing to take a stand. he is all basic correct about slavery, and so he is willing to say i'm a firm believer in democracy. i am a firm believer in equality. i'm a firm believer in rights. i don't think that i or my party have a monopoly on the way to get to the fulfillment of my democratic ideal or my ideal of equality or my ideal of doing this right. those are issues about which reasonable people may disagree on that i think he is both refreshing in the sense that he is willing to listen to those people that disagree with him and it is also very unsettling to people like my friend, who think they really do know what the right answer is and the other people are crazy. and so when i write it byron way of someone who is a whole lot more tolerant than i am a peaceful who disagree with him the assumption is that i too don't have any firm beliefs. i have plenty of firm believes that wouldn't get me elected dog catcher but this is a man whose beliefs are always mediated by his awareness that principles ch
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we are working with a broad coalition of civil rights leaders to assure americans with disabilities continue to have a right to vote. i want to reiterate that point of dr. williams because it is so important not just for african-americans that people with disabilities in so many other constituencies in this country. the other thing that is interesting when you talk about the sort of silent war against people with disabilities, 85% of students with disabilities report incidents of being bullied. much higher than the incidents for other traditionally thought of groups when it comes to bouillon. one of the things we're doing every day is working to eradicate that. we are partnering right now with nascar with huge anti bullying campaign at the brickyard 400 right now. we need to change so that all students regardless whether or not they have a disability can learn in a place where the first thing they need to think about is their education and not survival. turning to the platform one of the things that is so important for americans with disabilities is employment opportunity. so last december p
we are working with a broad coalition of civil rights leaders to assure americans with disabilities continue to have a right to vote. i want to reiterate that point of dr. williams because it is so important not just for african-americans that people with disabilities in so many other constituencies in this country. the other thing that is interesting when you talk about the sort of silent war against people with disabilities, 85% of students with disabilities report incidents of being bullied....
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who would have thouge ht, right, we go back to civil rights movement. there was always resistance to american intervention, military intervention in latin america. y there is more military intervention in latin americanvs today beyond the drug war that e never was when there was the specter of fighting communists. this is a law of unintended consequences that we haveare created which is why i am jimd. moret about policies, bads bad policies getting infected. here is a bad policy enacted that has never been fixed.it h it just gets worse and worse. as foster prison populations, nonviolent offenders. arms, gangs in our communities. chicago is a good example. wars in la unamerican and created -- where is all thishe money going to make billions of american dollars spent on the drug war. it is in the cartel pockets. fortunately -- nsa this inher general. sometimes i worry about all beb together and talk about.tag it sounds like we're talkingre about, we are victims are we arr oppressed or we are excluded. and that's true, but the otherfs side of history is th
who would have thouge ht, right, we go back to civil rights movement. there was always resistance to american intervention, military intervention in latin america. y there is more military intervention in latin americanvs today beyond the drug war that e never was when there was the specter of fighting communists. this is a law of unintended consequences that we haveare created which is why i am jimd. moret about policies, bads bad policies getting infected. here is a bad policy enacted that...
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rights and voting rights. a lot of republican were privileging the critical mass. this party currently lacks leadership on this issue. and it issue. i am not interested in the partisanship of it because the democratic party is an indefensible disaster on a whole host of issues but at then this point the party of lincoln is refusing to stand with james sensenbrenner, an incredibly conservative republican from wisconsin who has come forward with a good voting rights act, a good new bill, and so what i would suggest to you is, go and find your republican representatives. i'm serious. i know some people would say it's hard to communicate -- go and find them and look at them -- look them in the eye and say, how can you as the party of lincoln, the party that actually did back civil rights -- how can you not get on board with this and at the same time one final thing, i absolutely agree with those who say that voter i.d. is a new poll tax. the fact of matter is you have to pay for an i.d. and we have a constitutiona
rights and voting rights. a lot of republican were privileging the critical mass. this party currently lacks leadership on this issue. and it issue. i am not interested in the partisanship of it because the democratic party is an indefensible disaster on a whole host of issues but at then this point the party of lincoln is refusing to stand with james sensenbrenner, an incredibly conservative republican from wisconsin who has come forward with a good voting rights act, a good new bill, and so...
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rights leader, clearly an inoperation to us all. those are -- an inspiration to us all. those are the four books i'm reading bay and be remiss by saying almost every summer -- and i just happened to see my english teacher in high school on saturday, at an event, and of course my favorite book, and largely bus of this teacher, is the great gatsby, and it always makes for great summer reading, and of course, taken from then 1920s, and during the roaring 20s and the jazz age and the time of elusive dreams, and of course the language of f. scott fitzgerald, the way he is available able to write both symbolically and with mixed metaphors, and as he describes the gambler, fluoroshame, at the time, eating with a ferocious delicacy. so this is always a great read and i hope it has some influence on my children. in the category of favorite book and movie, of course, would be "to kill a mockingbird. ""and the highest honor any eselect e selected official is to be referred to as atticus finch, and of course the incredible novel written by harp
rights leader, clearly an inoperation to us all. those are -- an inspiration to us all. those are the four books i'm reading bay and be remiss by saying almost every summer -- and i just happened to see my english teacher in high school on saturday, at an event, and of course my favorite book, and largely bus of this teacher, is the great gatsby, and it always makes for great summer reading, and of course, taken from then 1920s, and during the roaring 20s and the jazz age and the time of...
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rights bill being filibustered by al gore's senior and robert clansmen, we want to have the civil rights bill come in 1864. if democrats are returned in 1965 affably may not have needed the act. we had a proud history standing out and we should be on the tip of the tongue spit it out to their peers because they have not heard. getting some public school education while conveniently leave out all the facts for america look bad as the big bad country around the world and never looked that has america been some beacon of freedom. yes, toshio said? been no country has done more for civil rights and freedom in the history of the planet. don't be afraid to use the information you get here and talk to your peers. how do we overcome it? go ahead and talk to them. [applause] >> good afternoon, sir. john nietzsche cobey, chairman of the high school in ohio. my question for you is for your presentation was seen how hollywood has an immense influence over society here in america. although you revealed through your presentation of many celebrities are hypocritical and even ticketed, my question is ho
rights bill being filibustered by al gore's senior and robert clansmen, we want to have the civil rights bill come in 1864. if democrats are returned in 1965 affably may not have needed the act. we had a proud history standing out and we should be on the tip of the tongue spit it out to their peers because they have not heard. getting some public school education while conveniently leave out all the facts for america look bad as the big bad country around the world and never looked that has...
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i think there's going to be a three party civil war inside the republican party. there's going to be the old right with trump, there's going to be the libertarians with the coke brothers and the traditional white shoe republicans on casey, etc. and it's going to be very brutal. they're going to have to find a compromise with each other. the only thing they're going to find a compromise on is they all hate hillary clinton and the clinton administration and i think they will go into excess. the dynamics here is going to have a leveling effect on the right. they are going to i think make it possible because she's very skilled politician, very skilled. and just look at the comments of the senators, republican and democrat when she was a senator. i think it's going to create a dynamic where she will be able to compromise and have accomplishments. and set herself up for a nice rerun in 2000. >> we've got about 10 minutes left and i am delighted that you have answered my final question because i'm very interested in what you all feel given the emphasis on the background
i think there's going to be a three party civil war inside the republican party. there's going to be the old right with trump, there's going to be the libertarians with the coke brothers and the traditional white shoe republicans on casey, etc. and it's going to be very brutal. they're going to have to find a compromise with each other. the only thing they're going to find a compromise on is they all hate hillary clinton and the clinton administration and i think they will go into excess. the...
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i was 10 years before the civil rights act. chicago was a segregated city. the police are hostile to us. they want there to serve and protect. they were much but likely to picture up against ron ask you what you are doing. you are always a suspect in your own neighborhood, number one. but moreover, their beaches and swimming pools in schools and neighborhoods that are inaccessible to you because they were for whites only. so i just want to warn people that have been going to puerto rico brought a sudden i'm not puerto rican anymore. >> host: to understand your point of view, we have see her childhood growing up in puerto rican linkin park. and then when you're 15, you're dead toasty sun, we are puerto rico. this is what she said about it i think now moving wasn't a choice for my dad. it was an obligation. were my parents sick of english-language? who is the gang sunrise. it was time to go to puerto rico. so you're just what you're going to puerto rico at 16. you leaving your friends, everything you knew and go to a place you've heard about. but she were born
i was 10 years before the civil rights act. chicago was a segregated city. the police are hostile to us. they want there to serve and protect. they were much but likely to picture up against ron ask you what you are doing. you are always a suspect in your own neighborhood, number one. but moreover, their beaches and swimming pools in schools and neighborhoods that are inaccessible to you because they were for whites only. so i just want to warn people that have been going to puerto rico brought...
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then the 20th century he was not part of the civil rights movement but was kind of caught in vibes of the civil rights mom in the way handled the change and the jim crow south of his youth, and then serving as president, obviously made him a significant 20th century figure, and now in the 21st 21st century, he is on what bill gates considers the cutting edge 21st century issues like conflict resolution and disease eradication. so, i think a big life, and i'm -- as farce this his presidency goes i'm basically going to conclude that he was a political failure but a substantive success for reasons i can explain as we go on. >> i can't wait to ask you about it. jacob. you are our reagan expert. and i can't wait to hearat you have to say because i covered him. my most -- this is the is my most fascinating subject. >> a little intimidating doing this with you, leslie. i will say that i share with jim atlas a passion for reading and writing short buying a graphs and i had done one about george w. bush and then tried to figure out how to an even shorter one about ronald reagan and the maniaci
then the 20th century he was not part of the civil rights movement but was kind of caught in vibes of the civil rights mom in the way handled the change and the jim crow south of his youth, and then serving as president, obviously made him a significant 20th century figure, and now in the 21st 21st century, he is on what bill gates considers the cutting edge 21st century issues like conflict resolution and disease eradication. so, i think a big life, and i'm -- as farce this his presidency goes...
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they were there in the 1960s in the south fighting civil rights and they were there supporting george wallace in michigan. they were there in 18 50's. they have been there through american history and it's only once in a while but a demagogue can come a long to tap this or that in the way the trump has.u- to switch it over to hillary clinton for a second, before i ever got a chance to ask either of them which books they read i realized, i discovered what the clintons brought along on their honeymoon to their -- in acapulco which is the denial of death. >> i wanted to open it up to questions from the audience and i see your microphone here and here, so maybe you could get up to the mic if you want to ask questions. right over here. >> hi there. to the three guys with ties, nice tie.aughter] [laughter] i have a question when he saidid something about the end of the reagan era and the republicaner party and moving forward are we looking, is it going to be a alt-right that is taking the mantle or word you see the republican party moving on after that? >> i do look at this in a reagan cont
they were there in the 1960s in the south fighting civil rights and they were there supporting george wallace in michigan. they were there in 18 50's. they have been there through american history and it's only once in a while but a demagogue can come a long to tap this or that in the way the trump has.u- to switch it over to hillary clinton for a second, before i ever got a chance to ask either of them which books they read i realized, i discovered what the clintons brought along on their...
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johnson actually signed the civil rights act into law and martialed it through really for political expediency, before that you had republicans actually championing all the things that now the democrat party is giving lip service to and says that it's the champions of. but i think more importantly it's people like you and me speaking out and saying -- you just told me you were at the trump rally. you didn't have people calling each other incendiary names. o and i do not believe that donald trump is a racist. i do -- i would have liked him to repudiate much stronger when he came out against the david duke support and white supremacist support. he has since done that saying that he doesn't want that kind of support.oe he can't control who votes for him, but he needs to talk in the vein of ronald reagan and say, hey, if i'm elected president, i'm going to bring all the people together, and i'm going to repudiate that kind of, youou know, trash talk and racist talk.. >> host: are you voting for donald trump this cycle? >> guest: i have not endorsed a candidate or decided, you know,, who i'm going
johnson actually signed the civil rights act into law and martialed it through really for political expediency, before that you had republicans actually championing all the things that now the democrat party is giving lip service to and says that it's the champions of. but i think more importantly it's people like you and me speaking out and saying -- you just told me you were at the trump rally. you didn't have people calling each other incendiary names. o and i do not believe that donald...
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of the civil rights movement and the way he handled that profound change in the jim crow south of his youth and then serving as president, you know, obviously made him a significant 20th century figure. and now in the 21st century, he is on what bill gates considers, you know, the cutting edge of 21st century issues like conflict resolution and disease eradication. so i think it's a big life, and i'm -- as far as his presidency goes, i'm basically going to conclude that he was a political failure but a substantive success for reasons i can explain as we go on. >> i can't wait to ask you about it. jacob weisberg, you are our reagan expert. and i can't wait to hear what you have to say, because i cover toed him. he was my -- covered him. he was my most, my most -- this is my most fascinated subject. >> it's a little intimidating, doing this with you, lesley. [laughter] i share with jim atlas a passion for reading and writing short biographies, and i had done one about george w. bush, and then i tried to figure out how to do an even shorter one about ronald reagan. and the main character
of the civil rights movement and the way he handled that profound change in the jim crow south of his youth and then serving as president, you know, obviously made him a significant 20th century figure. and now in the 21st century, he is on what bill gates considers, you know, the cutting edge of 21st century issues like conflict resolution and disease eradication. so i think it's a big life, and i'm -- as far as his presidency goes, i'm basically going to conclude that he was a political...
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it took decades and decades and decades to restore basic civil rights. it took 100 years years for civil rights to basically fulfill what lincoln was trying to do at the time. >> host.republicans have been ag the limits of the new deals to this day. we still republicans want to privatize our limit social security. it's a measure of the ambitions that obama carried out and republicans are trying to dismantle his legacy. i don't think they will mostly succeed. i think they will mostly fail. i can't predict the future as well as i can make a case for what the future ought to be. i think the future ought to be liberals recognizing the success of this administration, embracing as the model and defending it going forward the way we do with lincoln, the way we do with roosevelt. i think obama, while not on that skill, is the closest thing we've got in american history to the kind of successful president. and should be defended by americans from the center to the left. >> host: jonathan chait, are faceting conversation i enjoyed the book. i think people are anxi
it took decades and decades and decades to restore basic civil rights. it took 100 years years for civil rights to basically fulfill what lincoln was trying to do at the time. >> host.republicans have been ag the limits of the new deals to this day. we still republicans want to privatize our limit social security. it's a measure of the ambitions that obama carried out and republicans are trying to dismantle his legacy. i don't think they will mostly succeed. i think they will mostly fail....
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right come as a civil rights legislation. this is i think the civil rights project of our time and will continued to be as long as we don't try him as long as we avoid addressing this problem of illicit news and illegality. >> just a word or two to build on that. i think deep has nicely framed this question of legality which i think it does shape how one looks at this. and i think there really is the key frame that one has to grapple with but in terms of is it fair to call immigrants, or immigration laws a civil rights issue. i would argue that absolutely in light of that type of the mechanisms that have been deployed by the state against foreign-born persons and saying there aren't very clear parallels between the experience of african-americans, latinos and other disadvantaged groups and experience of foreign-born persons. i'm not equating the experience nor am i saying the legal frameworks are equivalent. if we look at practices like racial profiling or mass incarceration, the same experiences that african-americans and ot
right come as a civil rights legislation. this is i think the civil rights project of our time and will continued to be as long as we don't try him as long as we avoid addressing this problem of illicit news and illegality. >> just a word or two to build on that. i think deep has nicely framed this question of legality which i think it does shape how one looks at this. and i think there really is the key frame that one has to grapple with but in terms of is it fair to call immigrants, or...
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before the voting rights act. before the civil rights act. that trend continued after it was passed, but at a much slower rate. at best they were continuing the trend. >> host: with lbj the war continues and i understand you talking about the consensus of the slavery in the 50s and 60s but that quality of what kind of jobs there is a big difference. they are versus being in the lower end of the spectrum the kind of jobs for agriculture at variance and housekeepers and things of that nature. >> guest: that's not what i'm talking about. blacks were joining the skilled professions at a faster rate prior to affirmative action policies which began in earnest in the 1970s than they were after those policies were put in place. teachers, craftsmen and so forth joining the provisions at a higher rate prior to the passage of these. again, almost without thinking we credit is like a form of action for helping to swell the ranks of the black middle class and increase the number of the college graduates. in fact affirmative action has had the opposite eff
before the voting rights act. before the civil rights act. that trend continued after it was passed, but at a much slower rate. at best they were continuing the trend. >> host: with lbj the war continues and i understand you talking about the consensus of the slavery in the 50s and 60s but that quality of what kind of jobs there is a big difference. they are versus being in the lower end of the spectrum the kind of jobs for agriculture at variance and housekeepers and things of that...
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we have had pauses, we won some white houses but never settled into a posture of a majoritarian civil rights movement capable of racking up consistent majorities, presidencies, putting in place and governing agenda for the 20 first century and that is still underway and it is dominated by trump, populism, a cult of personality populism which is not an agenda or theory, it is a person. we are still in this turn and underneath that is the kind of fight we had a nearly 90s and the kind of fight we are having now but with digital. >> how do you think about that? your book describes the best describes the post-reagan right as continuous and reagan is a kind of exception but there is a way the cult of populism rose to the forefront in the 1990s, we don't think of it that way now but there was a time when the populism that held in abeyance in some ways really became the face of the right, clinton and otherwise. how do you think of the post-reagan years? >> one of the big themes of my book is the relationship between conservatism and populism and the irony that oftentimes the only way conserv
we have had pauses, we won some white houses but never settled into a posture of a majoritarian civil rights movement capable of racking up consistent majorities, presidencies, putting in place and governing agenda for the 20 first century and that is still underway and it is dominated by trump, populism, a cult of personality populism which is not an agenda or theory, it is a person. we are still in this turn and underneath that is the kind of fight we had a nearly 90s and the kind of fight we...
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rights even though civil rights was a bipartisan issue until late in the 60's richard nixon got 42% of the black vote in 1967 decided to create that for the white working class load very successfully and specifically in the south there's a strong association between the civil rights movement and the democrats of today it's very hard to win the south back to respect how much of the antiobama rhetoric -- i know it's hard to put a number on it, but when i hear someone say romney was classier than michelle obama to the stomach somebody in tampa said she looks like a first lady. i mean -- [laughter] if you want a first lady that lectures you and when does your finger at you and tells you to stop it. yeah. you know, it's really quite unbelievable. it really is. >> president obama has been the president for almost four years now so i was having a conversation with someone the other day and he is the president who cares whether he is black, white or purple what this point why can't people except we have a black president? move on to we estimate it's one step forward and two steps back. bara
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even to come in the great civil rights criminal justice lawyer and professor who said no one should be judged by the worst moments in their life. there's more of a wellspring of sympathy if you think of young people and we should tap into that. >> in criminal law we talk about the term if somebody causes harm there should be consequences and the purpose of that consequence is for everyone else to learn if you make a mistake or commit a crime you will be punished that stops other people from committing those crimes. so the concept of children since they are more vulnerable and exploitable if there are not consequences are you concerned? >> im and education generally. but there are pretty good studies that show keeping larger and larger sentences don't actually deter young people from participating. and may be thinking long-term is not the strong suit of adolescence. so the response the law should take two deterrents is what it takes to educate them and who they are. we talk about specific deterrence as well as general deterrence and showing that there is a path forward will not undermin
even to come in the great civil rights criminal justice lawyer and professor who said no one should be judged by the worst moments in their life. there's more of a wellspring of sympathy if you think of young people and we should tap into that. >> in criminal law we talk about the term if somebody causes harm there should be consequences and the purpose of that consequence is for everyone else to learn if you make a mistake or commit a crime you will be punished that stops other people...
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brother to welfare spending or the civil rights act coming into the women's movement because today it is lowering significantly. where those that did not have running water. and those little lifting out of poverty now. like the gentleman in the blue. >>. >> what consideration might you give to stimulate job creation in private sector? with the new dealer projects? it is difficult to find employment in those circumstances of the very low income. an people are losing jobs to other countries did you give consideration to that? that they give incentives for some kind of pressure on the private sector at a time of very low interest rates. >> we have a series of recommendations but it was an awful lot of policies now so those regulations on small manufacturing businesses are estimated to be 50 or $20,000 in with the number of recommendations about that. global steps of the sweeping recommendations of the licensing requirements with this date originated but we license things like hair braiding and taking care of horses' feet that requires that you go to college or a training course that cost
brother to welfare spending or the civil rights act coming into the women's movement because today it is lowering significantly. where those that did not have running water. and those little lifting out of poverty now. like the gentleman in the blue. >>. >> what consideration might you give to stimulate job creation in private sector? with the new dealer projects? it is difficult to find employment in those circumstances of the very low income. an people are losing jobs to other...
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the civil rights agenda was really forced on them by the civil rights movement, led by martin luther king and many other people who are not in the book. you can read about them there. beginning with the civil rights movement, liberalism transformed itself again and became the manner in which citizens look to their government to give them a fair shake, not just in economic life, but in all forms of life. really every grievance that people had that derives from public life, was put on the burden of government or politicians to try to address it was, as i say in the book, unavoidable for liberals to take on the burden of civil rights in the 1960s. there would have been no point in calling yourself a liberal if you turned your back on that. liberals made a lot of mistakes, many of which were for simple. the biggest mistake was they said to the white working class come up which was their primary constituency, you will pay the price for all of these oppressions that black people live with. and if you object to paying the price, you are a racist. people don't like being called racists. they
the civil rights agenda was really forced on them by the civil rights movement, led by martin luther king and many other people who are not in the book. you can read about them there. beginning with the civil rights movement, liberalism transformed itself again and became the manner in which citizens look to their government to give them a fair shake, not just in economic life, but in all forms of life. really every grievance that people had that derives from public life, was put on the burden...
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rights movement. he was kind of caught in the buys rights movement in the way he handled that change in the jim crowe south of his youth and serving as president made him a significant 20th century figure. now, the 21st century, he is on what bill gates considers, you know, the cutting edge of 21st century issues like conflict resolution and disease eradication. so i think it's a big life and i'm-- as far as his presidency goes, i'm basically going to conclude that he was a political failure, but a substantive success for reasons i can explain as we go on. >> host: can't wait to ask about it. you are our reagan expert and i covered him, he was my most-- this is a fascinating subject. >> it's a little intimidating to do this with you. i share with-- sorry, that was me, i share with jim atlas, reading and write short biography and i did a short one about george bush and a shorter one with reagan. there have been a huge number of incredibly long biographies of him and i was doing it for the american pres
rights movement. he was kind of caught in the buys rights movement in the way he handled that change in the jim crowe south of his youth and serving as president made him a significant 20th century figure. now, the 21st century, he is on what bill gates considers, you know, the cutting edge of 21st century issues like conflict resolution and disease eradication. so i think it's a big life and i'm-- as far as his presidency goes, i'm basically going to conclude that he was a political failure,...
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a lot of the civil rights programs resident johnson's war on poverty. what in the 50 years have we achieved in your view? >> guest: i think on the positive side when johnson started the programs and bobby kennedy walked through appalachia and we had the children dying of starvation and if yo you have people dying wito food in the stomach the government intervened the child nutrition programs. we don't have those kind of horrid conditions anymore and that's good. the sad part about it is that we have created an industry out of serving poor people and we took money that was intended for the poor and converted it into services from the poor. and then they are driven by people that have no vested interest in solving the problem. it isn't that people working inside of the poverty industry are bad people. but they work and bureaucratic structure that causes good people to do bad things. so we are injuring people with a helping hand in the name of rescuing them. >> host: oxford pennsylvania calling on the independent line. sauron with robert woodson. >> caller
a lot of the civil rights programs resident johnson's war on poverty. what in the 50 years have we achieved in your view? >> guest: i think on the positive side when johnson started the programs and bobby kennedy walked through appalachia and we had the children dying of starvation and if yo you have people dying wito food in the stomach the government intervened the child nutrition programs. we don't have those kind of horrid conditions anymore and that's good. the sad part about it is...
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blending civil-rights nonviolent resistance with modern social media to amplify their cause, they used their cell phones to get their message out, the article continues. as the sitting continue this afternoon, speaker the house paul ryan spoke to reporters at a press conference. he called the called the protest a publicity stunt and said it is not very good for democracy. from capitol hill, this is about 20 minutes. [inaudible] >> one of the things that make her country strong is our institutions. no matter how bad things get in this country we have a basic structure that ensures a functioning democracy. we can disagree a policy, but we do so within the bounds of order and respect for the system. otherwise it all falls apart. i'm not going to dwell on the decorum of the house here today, other than to say, we, we are not going to allow stunts like this to stop us from carrying out the people's business. why do i call the system? well, because it is one. let's just be honest here, here are some facts yesterday the house appropriations committee considered its bill for homeland security
blending civil-rights nonviolent resistance with modern social media to amplify their cause, they used their cell phones to get their message out, the article continues. as the sitting continue this afternoon, speaker the house paul ryan spoke to reporters at a press conference. he called the called the protest a publicity stunt and said it is not very good for democracy. from capitol hill, this is about 20 minutes. [inaudible] >> one of the things that make her country strong is our...
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we'll get right into the conversation so just to set the stage for that. donald trump's victory represents a victory for the constitution and what will his presidency mean for the rule of law with respect to federalism, civil rights criminal justice environmental law, labor law, foreign affairs and the president's war-making powers? and what about the first amendment, free speech and the power of the administrative and regulatory state? what will trump's presidency mean for the commerce clause of the constitution? which a liberal interpretation causes a wellspring of much of the power the federal government and what will donald trump's presidency mean for the supreme court of the united states and i'm going to join the panel now and we will start with them. >> if hillary clinton had won this election her supporters had hoped that her first appointment to the court would have allowed her to transform the court by replacing justice scalia. >> she could have brought the conservatism era to an event where for several decisions most hated by the left including
we'll get right into the conversation so just to set the stage for that. donald trump's victory represents a victory for the constitution and what will his presidency mean for the rule of law with respect to federalism, civil rights criminal justice environmental law, labor law, foreign affairs and the president's war-making powers? and what about the first amendment, free speech and the power of the administrative and regulatory state? what will trump's presidency mean for the commerce clause...
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in the 60s -- a [applause] -- in the 1960s the civil rights act outlawed, outlawed racial categories in laws and in regulations governing institutions. the democrats spent 50 years putting racial categories back in. racial categories defined with a you can get into one school or not, whether you can get a job, and in fact almost every aspect of our cultural life is under the gun from the democrats's racist categorizing of everything. we just witnessed in ferguson, missouri, a month-long lynch mob. that is what it was. a lynch mob. convict the officer because he was white and the dead person is black before the trial, try him, haines him or else. note justice, no peace. that is a threat. that is a kind of threat, that is the threat of a lynch mob and of course it was led by the nation's leading lynch mob leader, al sharpton, who is the president's adviser on race relations. the president is a racist. everybody knows that. eric holder, the other racist conducting a witch hunt with his left wing attorneys. where it is the republican whoever called a democrat a racist? democrats control
in the 60s -- a [applause] -- in the 1960s the civil rights act outlawed, outlawed racial categories in laws and in regulations governing institutions. the democrats spent 50 years putting racial categories back in. racial categories defined with a you can get into one school or not, whether you can get a job, and in fact almost every aspect of our cultural life is under the gun from the democrats's racist categorizing of everything. we just witnessed in ferguson, missouri, a month-long lynch...
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. >> i remind people all the time it is and the civil war it was up for the civil rights movement and resistance. so all of these emotions were going through my mind and going through my head. every day it was such an amazing feeling that it was being a young black democrats in south carolina. >> let me take it one step deeper especially for those around the subject of ambition one thing that i've appreciated you mention you and a friend are slicing and dicing is present on my mind is this question of ambition. you're not supposed to reveal you're expected to present your decision or ambition to run that way other than as the story or not and i'm not even talking about the potential running mate selection. .. >> but i had just lost my mind. what am i thinking about? and then to deliver the mail and then there are people in line to take his place? so how did i have the audacity to skip over them? what warms my spirit when i was running for office. >> you are the elected official. >> i was elected 2006 barack obama gave an amazing speech in 2004. the person we look to because devol patr
. >> i remind people all the time it is and the civil war it was up for the civil rights movement and resistance. so all of these emotions were going through my mind and going through my head. every day it was such an amazing feeling that it was being a young black democrats in south carolina. >> let me take it one step deeper especially for those around the subject of ambition one thing that i've appreciated you mention you and a friend are slicing and dicing is present on my mind...
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and with the civil rights era and also to recognize words civil-rights tonight accomplish. these are folks who observe in the purging of race and racism to discrimination and then to persist in the united states so then that begins, how is it inequality persist despite having work toward a ideal toward the united states. it is to understand better language with the language of race and racism and for workers and judges in the united states. and then to restore legal thinking and with that legal writing and then to ask about the biographies and the motivation in the principal actors and a school of thought it is a moment of which legal scholars of color began to critique in the classroom and the casebook and the autobiography. and then workers will now. it is artful and powerful and of power those ideas of that thinking of property for example in the 20th century. so that's where it begins it is a companion to the sociologist so a lasting effect with that sociological work to reframe race as a social construction and the way it was the law and race and racism is constructed
and with the civil rights era and also to recognize words civil-rights tonight accomplish. these are folks who observe in the purging of race and racism to discrimination and then to persist in the united states so then that begins, how is it inequality persist despite having work toward a ideal toward the united states. it is to understand better language with the language of race and racism and for workers and judges in the united states. and then to restore legal thinking and with that legal...
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with the rates without rates and civil rights work. even before they are developing the intellectual foundation. they already had in hand by the time they get to anti- slavery organizations that as a critique. no racism or sexism in american politics. that is the principle to which they will work. it is one that is an easily with the white ideas. about what a political future might look like. they are always working by way of a complex hierarchy. in a different strategy. and they come to that already with a critique in hand. we are going to open a question. if you have any questions please enter them into the q and a box. obviously this is the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment. with the constitutional right to vote. that amendment came with a huge asterix you've said you are not celebrating the 19th amendment this year. i love for you to talk about that. what did it do or did not do and why it is not a moment of celebration for you. >> and i have to order the celebration. i really declined. my read was the 19th amendment. take on
with the rates without rates and civil rights work. even before they are developing the intellectual foundation. they already had in hand by the time they get to anti- slavery organizations that as a critique. no racism or sexism in american politics. that is the principle to which they will work. it is one that is an easily with the white ideas. about what a political future might look like. they are always working by way of a complex hierarchy. in a different strategy. and they come to that...
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it was about human rights. it wasn't even about civil rights. so these conversations in this book were just a starting point. what we're going to do tonight is expand the conversation. you are part of the conversation . so with this book in this project i want you to read it, listen to this cd, 11 hours of audio, and people from history, conversations i had with the people in this book about what you'd add your voice to a two. it's just like how were able to sit and listen to the conversation that someone has the foresight to house so we can be inspired some people look at this moment in history, they can hear from african-american exactly what they do, what we think about the so-called age of obama. so i'm going to tell you exactly how to get involved. i do want to get into conversation tonight. i have to say i'm a little bit sad because this tour is almost over. i've been away from home. me and my roadie, my mom has been all the way through. but each place we visited from los angeles to san francisco to oakland to washington d.c. and even here
it was about human rights. it wasn't even about civil rights. so these conversations in this book were just a starting point. what we're going to do tonight is expand the conversation. you are part of the conversation . so with this book in this project i want you to read it, listen to this cd, 11 hours of audio, and people from history, conversations i had with the people in this book about what you'd add your voice to a two. it's just like how were able to sit and listen to the conversation...
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they did not embrace the cause of civil rights. and it is a slow process ending the white primary. and then brown versus board and then a line of cases.he i will not get into a debate and that nothing is permanent and that there has to be people who advocate because the judges do not do this by their own initiative. >> look at the most famous dissent. >> i don't have problem with people reviewing my case. [laughter] but it is important not to look at the supreme court. whatat does that mean clerks we talk of diversity and ginsberg and cabe long - - kagan with nine white men there all of the same class and all of the same privilege. they all had wealth. >> hent is the only southerner. that is not complete. and the refers to white supremacy in the dissent that the white race will always be superior. and then opposes the civil rights amendment and emancipation proclamation. then we do it not the congress. and by 1883 that he cares about more than any other dissente because he knew as a seven or he would be excluded he cannot write it
they did not embrace the cause of civil rights. and it is a slow process ending the white primary. and then brown versus board and then a line of cases.he i will not get into a debate and that nothing is permanent and that there has to be people who advocate because the judges do not do this by their own initiative. >> look at the most famous dissent. >> i don't have problem with people reviewing my case. [laughter] but it is important not to look at the supreme court. whatat does...
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when lyndon johnson signed the civil rights act. the majority of whites have not voted for a democratic candidate for president including clinton and carter and brock obama did not so how did he become president? had a sizable number of whites who voted for him that he had an incredible organizing ground game that brought 15 million new voters to the polls folks that had never voted before overwhelmingly african-american, hispanic, asi young and poor this is the hit list for voter suppression. >> and after he was elected the first order of business mitch mcconnell was to make sure his agenda did not move forward and that on arrival. >> exactly. the victory all that rain down on obama the obstruction and hatred was intense as the republican and legislatures and governors for those folks in this community just like the mississippi plan if this doesn't get them this one well. the way that a purge works and gerrymandering works the way that you will have as you describe black and brown precincts having fewer operational voting machines
when lyndon johnson signed the civil rights act. the majority of whites have not voted for a democratic candidate for president including clinton and carter and brock obama did not so how did he become president? had a sizable number of whites who voted for him that he had an incredible organizing ground game that brought 15 million new voters to the polls folks that had never voted before overwhelmingly african-american, hispanic, asi young and poor this is the hit list for voter suppression....
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part of it, the process was we thought about we don't want to have it overly weighted with civil rights. you could fill an entire book fare. we were sensitive to what's missing. like i probably think if we added people in their in part because certainly religion is such a part in it and it still is and has played such an important role could have had more religious figures. so, at some point i think i may have raised it we don't have enough religious figures. military. there is a decorated general. >> host: first african-american general. >> guest: that's right. so, that was a bond to the fact of the contributions in the military and fighting and defending the country. >> host: there is a connection between jesse owens and benjamin o. davis who both served or operated in the same time to go but then came back to the u.s. for different world. >> guest: and many of the others came back and were not treated and welcomed in the way that they are accustomed to the olympic champions they welcome. >> host: jesse owens returned home to the oppression of jim crow, working it's basically menial j
part of it, the process was we thought about we don't want to have it overly weighted with civil rights. you could fill an entire book fare. we were sensitive to what's missing. like i probably think if we added people in their in part because certainly religion is such a part in it and it still is and has played such an important role could have had more religious figures. so, at some point i think i may have raised it we don't have enough religious figures. military. there is a decorated...
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it is seen by civil rights leaders as the beginning of war. he does the welfare reform bill, trying to get the worst bill through that had real consequences. so this clinton path which on the one hand was a golden economic age for african-americans, and they loved bill clinton in a lot of ways. there was a lot of tension, to. >> host: fascinating. i know you talked about the urban agenda that many of the civil rights community was trying to push at the beginning of the clinton administration as well as welfare reform that caused the fracture as well. fascinating aspects. let's bring it up to 2015. it has been an amazing and tumultuous year in many respects, particularly when it comes to recent police interaction, police shootings, many have been captured on video, and much of the nation has been shot by this horrendous treatment and serious consequences that have occurred. a number of movements have been sparked by the shootings. the most well-known is the black lives matter movement. talk a little bit about how you think this movement has imp
it is seen by civil rights leaders as the beginning of war. he does the welfare reform bill, trying to get the worst bill through that had real consequences. so this clinton path which on the one hand was a golden economic age for african-americans, and they loved bill clinton in a lot of ways. there was a lot of tension, to. >> host: fascinating. i know you talked about the urban agenda that many of the civil rights community was trying to push at the beginning of the clinton...
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is that indicative whether the hispanic population, first civil rights issues tend to be that and not disabilities where as whites are particularly are coming without a poverty issue, without a minority-ethnic racial issue and so that might be the reason for it. i don't know. >> right. so my sense is that if you look at the history of the disability right movement i think of justin dart, extraordinary individual from a very wealthy family, his father was very important in the reagan administration and he himself because he was a wheelchair user literally could not get into buildings, so his horizon were really -- i actually look at them and see wheelchair warriors. they had all the skills and drive to make it at the corporate ladder or wherever they wanted to go but because of their disability, their horizons became limited and so the beginning of the disability comes from individual that is have disabilities and the parents of the individuals with disabilities who were for that individual, that individual would be able to succeed. you look at an organization like the autism society w
is that indicative whether the hispanic population, first civil rights issues tend to be that and not disabilities where as whites are particularly are coming without a poverty issue, without a minority-ethnic racial issue and so that might be the reason for it. i don't know. >> right. so my sense is that if you look at the history of the disability right movement i think of justin dart, extraordinary individual from a very wealthy family, his father was very important in the reagan...
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rights and no one will know. we have to for -- question of to drag this out for as long as possible. because he should be fully vetted we can't rubber stamp through that right thing to do but we need to also every day shouting from roof toes about what's at stake here and maybe we'll win all it takes it one republican potentially to -- do the right thing. which not something i belt on regular but but if it were to happen it would be defeated but even if we lose the fight but we have to fight aggressively it will set the stage for the fights to come and -- one advantage republicans have is their voters care about the supreme court that is a reason many republicans bit their tongue and voted for trump. democrats do not think about the court in the same way. and i think about how the election should go because it is different if people who -- were either bernie sanders supporters or proifgs who did not vote in the primary who maybe didn't love hillary clinton had thought about the fact that -- merritt or whoever hil
rights and no one will know. we have to for -- question of to drag this out for as long as possible. because he should be fully vetted we can't rubber stamp through that right thing to do but we need to also every day shouting from roof toes about what's at stake here and maybe we'll win all it takes it one republican potentially to -- do the right thing. which not something i belt on regular but but if it were to happen it would be defeated but even if we lose the fight but we have to fight...
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he decided he wanted to the president of civil rights and there are some books like the one from robert caro talks about the just one - - the juxtaposition who was a racist then uses those legislative powers to get the civil rights laws passed. can people change in office and do give him credit that he did do that? >> as i said lyndon b. johnson did not pass it he did that because republicans pass that he could have vetoed that and really said i am a racist but because of what was going on in the country so he did eventually sure that he kept that up by creating the great society act that's why it's so important for black americans he said the end words are getting uppity now. and wanted to make sure they had the boats the next 200 years and then not even willing to give an its of the democratic party could give a mile one of the most despicable presidents not just because of the things he did but also vietnam war. i think it's crazy black americans don't know any of this way just taught he was the best thing that ever happened to black americans and that's not true to be in the oval of
he decided he wanted to the president of civil rights and there are some books like the one from robert caro talks about the just one - - the juxtaposition who was a racist then uses those legislative powers to get the civil rights laws passed. can people change in office and do give him credit that he did do that? >> as i said lyndon b. johnson did not pass it he did that because republicans pass that he could have vetoed that and really said i am a racist but because of what was going...
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because this is four years after the civil rights act. we are in t thick of the vietnam war and you have this president lyndon johnson was heroic in the eyes of many african-americans suddenly pivoting away from the resourcing of the war on poverty which was meant to rescue not just black people but white and were all-americans. you see him. away from that. african-americans disproportionately die, southern rejectionism still following the events of the voting rights act and you also see projects is one of the north for african-americans being told you are not welcome in these neighborhoods. the black folks start to look at lyndon johnson sideways. and king then comes out falls where against the war, never gets invited back to the white house and then you have lyndon johnson going and 6840 was not going to run again. in order to assert, black freedom fighters who are trying to say this party is not doing what you say, not accepting the voting rights act. he sidelines. shut up essentially. we have already done a lot for you. you will once.
because this is four years after the civil rights act. we are in t thick of the vietnam war and you have this president lyndon johnson was heroic in the eyes of many african-americans suddenly pivoting away from the resourcing of the war on poverty which was meant to rescue not just black people but white and were all-americans. you see him. away from that. african-americans disproportionately die, southern rejectionism still following the events of the voting rights act and you also see...
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trump's war on civil rights is equally compelling. it reminds us in eyes on the prize. it reveals the daily threat under our current administration and voting educational, housing and employment and public accommodation policy that turned those threat into action. and lastly, it calls us all americans to be vigilant. juan williams currently service as a cohost of fox news channel and appears as a political analyst with fox nude sunday. williams yoind a network as the a contributor in 1997. in addition to his more than ten-year career as npr where he served as a correspondent and news alaska. he spent 23 years at the washington post. during his tenure there he covered all the major political campaigns as a national correspondent and a political columnist. you can read his column every monday on the hill website. he has also interviewed many presidents including barack obama, georgia bush, bill clinton. georgia webcast bush and ronald reagan. career in the spans back decades. a recipient of several awards for his writhing and investigative journalism, he has won an award
trump's war on civil rights is equally compelling. it reminds us in eyes on the prize. it reveals the daily threat under our current administration and voting educational, housing and employment and public accommodation policy that turned those threat into action. and lastly, it calls us all americans to be vigilant. juan williams currently service as a cohost of fox news channel and appears as a political analyst with fox nude sunday. williams yoind a network as the a contributor in 1997. in...
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so it's like you know, the cradle of the civil rights movement. there are professionals coming out of all those schools so there was never an excuse. and you know, what a lot of companies have continued to say when they are called out on this is the pipeline. if that were true in the 1960s, i will give you that. in 2019, that is no longer true. if you only looked at ivy leagues you would be able to move the needle in the workplaces. >> one of my experiences in the 80s and 90s is that i worked for a nonprofit in oakland and there was an incredible pipeline of african-american talent. every job have multiple people in every once in a while they would hire a decent white person like me. i don't know how or why. but it was like i worked for all these organizations that were like we don't know where to find anybody and it's just so hard. >> its trees. the treated like i don't have the postdoc diversity. you have to be kidding me. in journalism we are trained to do research. we can find where people are. my entire career in journalism out of the newsroo
so it's like you know, the cradle of the civil rights movement. there are professionals coming out of all those schools so there was never an excuse. and you know, what a lot of companies have continued to say when they are called out on this is the pipeline. if that were true in the 1960s, i will give you that. in 2019, that is no longer true. if you only looked at ivy leagues you would be able to move the needle in the workplaces. >> one of my experiences in the 80s and 90s is that i...
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under president obama's leadership the justice department civil rights division investigated civil rights abuses in multiple police departments across the country baltimore, ferguson missouri, cleveland and yes, chicago illinois unfortunately, the current president dismantled these efforts as soon as he took control of the department of justice in 2017. in this heartbreaking moment of crisis, america is pleading with us for leadership. president trump and it heattorney general barca demonstrate that leadership by implementing the leadership t of the task force with a 21st century policing and having the civil rights commission doing their job and vigorously investigating and police departments who have misconduct. we have a role to play hereto. we must immediately hold hearings on a systemic racism and police misconduct so we can discuss and pursue solutions including accountability and training. graham of the senate judiciary committee said they will hold a hearing on policela misconduct. i'm glad he made that statement. i hope it is more than just one token hearing. when i chaired the s
under president obama's leadership the justice department civil rights division investigated civil rights abuses in multiple police departments across the country baltimore, ferguson missouri, cleveland and yes, chicago illinois unfortunately, the current president dismantled these efforts as soon as he took control of the department of justice in 2017. in this heartbreaking moment of crisis, america is pleading with us for leadership. president trump and it heattorney general barca demonstrate...
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struggle and i th3 civil-rights struggle and i threw in the peace that contract with america to get power back to the people had to get into a sense of the social movement? >> it starts up in society set a lot of times if you have a protest movement mothers against drunk drivers the civil-rights struggle started off as a protest movement and it was hugely important to to do so a lot of good things start this way but if they don't fight the injustice to fight for the people who are the object of that. >> is an important distinction. with the people that you fight for to have the strong moral overlay the protest movements are up against though world but is it that interested in. but ultimately your goal should be eighth to be a majority of a protest but then to move on how society can do better. >> one was the civil rights movement talking about the busboy, and those important elements the doctor came with such a visionary it was his role tuesday i cannot believe we used to do that. we cannot believe that jim crow laws but the state of south carolina and the african-american senator b
struggle and i th3 civil-rights struggle and i threw in the peace that contract with america to get power back to the people had to get into a sense of the social movement? >> it starts up in society set a lot of times if you have a protest movement mothers against drunk drivers the civil-rights struggle started off as a protest movement and it was hugely important to to do so a lot of good things start this way but if they don't fight the injustice to fight for the people who are the...
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what about civil rights there is to eat resistance of brown versus board of education there was opposition to interracial marriage to other parts of the country but slowly over the years that was so racist and bigoted and was replaced by another biblically oriented generation those things began to change but that cannot force me to love my life that is my responsibility and i have that ultimate responsibility to god before whom i shall stand no legislation can force me to be righteous or good for a good husband and father to be committed not to commit adultery that comes from the heart no legislation or president. >> president trump to promote those values looks to people to be controversial the prosperity gospel. >> first of all this isn't something new one of the top aides did some time on watergate but even bob woodward acknowledged he was a change man but he said evangelicals were the easiest to manipulate there was a president of one - - a preacher president nixon so i would suggest that the power in washington dc is the greatest seduction it's more powerful and more subtle if you hav
what about civil rights there is to eat resistance of brown versus board of education there was opposition to interracial marriage to other parts of the country but slowly over the years that was so racist and bigoted and was replaced by another biblically oriented generation those things began to change but that cannot force me to love my life that is my responsibility and i have that ultimate responsibility to god before whom i shall stand no legislation can force me to be righteous or good...
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we won the right to vote for african-americans at the end of the civil war, and won is again a hundred years later. we have to do it again. yeah, at the turn of the century, we have to win again at the turn of this century. 70% of the people over 65 who don't have qualified ids in wisconsin under their new id law to stop the fraud to end voters that don't exist, 70 #% of people who got id are women. it's not just a race issue. it's a gender issue. it's a class issue. we don't let them get away with it, okay? now, what do we have at the back of the book? we have something that's very, very important. including this. in the book, it's a smaller version, but download it from our website, ballotbandits.org, seven ways to beat the bandits. i'm not leaving you going, oh, my god. you can take seven steps. get the book, take -- at the back of the book, we call it the ballot condom for safe voting. seven things to do to protect your own vote and those of your loved ones. don't mail in your ballot unless you have to. make sure -- two, vote early. if they call you a felon, see -- the guy who drew
we won the right to vote for african-americans at the end of the civil war, and won is again a hundred years later. we have to do it again. yeah, at the turn of the century, we have to win again at the turn of this century. 70% of the people over 65 who don't have qualified ids in wisconsin under their new id law to stop the fraud to end voters that don't exist, 70 #% of people who got id are women. it's not just a race issue. it's a gender issue. it's a class issue. we don't let them get away...
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representative and civil rights leader john lewis, abc for the spares dash before the first reporter martha raddatz and playboy enterprises founder hugh hefner. this is just over one hour. >> good evening, fellow champions of the first amendment, and welcome to the newseum second annual free expression awards dinner. we are honored to have you join us tonight to celebrate six men and women whose lives and work has been the embodiment of free expression. now, standard speaker protocol calls for me to make a joke at this point.
representative and civil rights leader john lewis, abc for the spares dash before the first reporter martha raddatz and playboy enterprises founder hugh hefner. this is just over one hour. >> good evening, fellow champions of the first amendment, and welcome to the newseum second annual free expression awards dinner. we are honored to have you join us tonight to celebrate six men and women whose lives and work has been the embodiment of free expression. now, standard speaker protocol...
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he and i worked tote at the american civil rights union, but most notely at the family research council and here at liberty university. over the last five years we have collaborated on written works as well as speaking engagements across the country. the blueprint and the second book, resurgence, how constitutional conservativism can save america, are works we enjoyed doing together. >> host: and book tv will also be talking him about the book, resurgent. you can watch that in future weeks on book tv on c-span. ken blackwell, in your book, "the blueprint," you compare presidents bush and obama to pressures hoover and roosevelt. what is that analogy? >> guest: hoover set the table for roosevelt, and i believe that president bush set the table in his last 18 months for this substantial power grab by barack obama. at the end of the day what is fundamentally challenging about the obama administration and their effort to expand the power of the federal government, and the executive branch within the federal government, is that the president has taken what has been a casual tendency by past p
he and i worked tote at the american civil rights union, but most notely at the family research council and here at liberty university. over the last five years we have collaborated on written works as well as speaking engagements across the country. the blueprint and the second book, resurgence, how constitutional conservativism can save america, are works we enjoyed doing together. >> host: and book tv will also be talking him about the book, resurgent. you can watch that in future...
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civil-rights was quite elitist in his hiring policies. and it he had very few black law clerks that is a part of thurgood marshall's history that frank leave has not gotten much attention but that is true. on the question of the senses, there is a lot of different ways that people can identify themselves and i think that is proper. in my writings for instance, i use the term black and african american and afro-american is. i also use the term negro. some people think that is antiquated. i don't thurgood marshall use that term with a capital in in march to me 13 it used the term negro and debbie lee b. dubois use that term of it is good enough for them it is good enough for me. there is a wonderful organization the national association for the advancement of colored people, if colored was that bad of a term i suppose the naacp would make changes then. use the term colored i see nothing wrong with that term if you use it as a term of honor i see nothing wrong with it and i use all of those terms. >> host: that is the last word from our gues
civil-rights was quite elitist in his hiring policies. and it he had very few black law clerks that is a part of thurgood marshall's history that frank leave has not gotten much attention but that is true. on the question of the senses, there is a lot of different ways that people can identify themselves and i think that is proper. in my writings for instance, i use the term black and african american and afro-american is. i also use the term negro. some people think that is antiquated. i don't...